Plasma

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NEW DELHI: Traditionally, LCD televisions have been considered to provide the best image quality for screen sizes of 40 inches and below, while plasma TVs have been dominating the 40-inch and above category. In the last few months, companies have been introducing LCD TVs in the post 40-inch category. This, according to industry experts, may cannibalise the market for plasmas. Mr Ravinder Zutshi, deputy MD of Samsung India and executive member of CEAMA (Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers' Association)

Technologies governing the display functions of various devices like televisions, projectors, cinema projections are likely to witness, going forward, interplay between LCD, Plasma and and few proprietary technologies like DLP of Texas Instruments (TI) and SED of Canon. LCD and plasma technologies are ruling the roost at the moment, especially in the area of TV and projectors, but one is also seeing the emergence of newer technologies which promise better clarity, colour, and transmission of images for both still and moving.

NEW DELHI: Venture capital firm GVFL Ltd on Wednesday said it has picked up stake worth Rs 2 crore in Ahemdabad-based Celestial Biologicals Ltd through its special fund for biotech projects. Celestial Biological, an Intas group company, plans to utilise the amount, generated through stake sale, to set up plasma fractionation plant in Gujarat with a capacity of 1,50,000 litres per annum, GVFL said in a statement. The company is planning to undertake distribution and market development activities of plasma proteins throughout India and is targeting around 10 per cent market share in the first year of its operations, the statement said.

MUMBAI: Videocon is busy charting out plans to strengthen its position in the CRT TV segment. According to industry majors, although high-end flat screen televisions, plasma and projection sets are selling in big numbers, CRT TVs will continue to have a large consumer base. The penetration is at only 40m sets on a base of 200m households and a large section of consumers are in the lower category-- the real consumers. While products like LCDs (liquid crystal display)

CHENNAI: Buoyed by the fast-growing consumer durable market, Kenstar appears to be readying itself to make a strong pitch for the lion's share. Kenstar is a brand from the stable of Videocon's 100% subsidiary, Kitchen Appliances India. After positioning itself as a niche player in the home appliances market, the company has ventured into the LCD and plasma television category to maintain a robust sales growth. Kenstar, which posted a turnover of Rs 325 crore last year, is targeting 45% growth, to Rs 470 crore this fiscal.

TOKYO: Matsushita Electric Industrial, the maker of Panasonic brand electronics, said on Monday that it planned to launch the world's largest plasma television by the end of the year. Measuring 2.4 metres by 1.4 metres and weighing 215 kgs, the 103-inch panel is bigger than a double-sized mattress and almost as heavy as an upright piano. The world's largest consumer electronic maker has yet to set the price, but Matsushita's 65-inch plasma TVs, its largest available as of now, sells for about $7,500 in Japan.

NEW DELHI: The growth story of high-end products in the consumer durables industry is known. Marketers are now leveraging this buoyancy in the category and increasingly using it in their advertising and communication. Brands such as Samsung, LG, Onida and Haier are pegging their communications around LCDs and plasmas in a move to gain from the healthy growth rates and to achieve a positive rub-off on their low-end products. Sample the ORG '06 Q1 figures. Flat TVs registered almost 48% growth, while split ACs grew by a whopping 137%.

Hitachi to spend Rs 12 cr to promote LCD, plasma TVs NEW DELHI: Consumer electronics major Hitachi will spend Rs 12 crore to advertise and promote its LCD and plasma TVs in India and plans to capture a 20 per cent market share in the high-end plasma TV market by 2007-08. "We will invest Rs 12 crore in India to market and promote our plasma and LCD TVs. A majority of the amount would be spent in electronic media apart from print and other media," Hitachi Home Electronics Pte Ltd Country Head Tarun Jain told reporters here.

KANPUR: Leading entertainment display devices manufacturer Samtel Group has embarked on a Rs 310 crore capacity expansion for its television picture tube manufacturing, while it has also decided to foray into plasma screen and flat panel manufacturing. The company has also chalked out plans for the commercial production of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) screens, which it has developed in collaboration with IIT, Kanpur, and Department of Science and Technology, in another 18 months.

MUMBAI: As Ronaldinho's fans the world over count every minute of the last eight days, waiting to see the Brazilian star's banana kick, Chinese electronic giant, Lenovo will cheer every kick and goal. Last month, the $1.15-bn company signed on the Brazilian soccer star to endorse its products. And already, India's GM Rahul Agarwal, is seeing the benefits in his sales graph. This is not a surprise. Every World Cup, from cricket to soccer, sees a rising sales graph for CTVs.